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W. L. TETER.

HOSE TUB'E. No. 308,331. Patented Nov. 18, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,331, dated November 18, 1884.

Application filed May To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. TETER, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hose-Tubes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to the manufacture of hose; and it consists in certain improvements in a hose formed of woven fabric with longitudinal metal wires or strips bound or woven therein; further, ina hose as above set forth having its interior coated with a substance impervious to liquids, all of which is fully set forth in the following specification, and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part thereof.

The object of my invention is to greatly strengthen woven or knitted hose, whereby it may resist the effects of the great strains to which it is subject in the rough usage given it, especially at fires.

By interposing members or strands non' elastic or extensible in the direction of their length among the cotton warp and weft I increase its resistance to rupture and wear both longitudinally and transversely.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a cross-section of my improved hose. shojwin g the weft-thread where it is woven in with the outer warps. Fig. 2 is a section of part of same a little farther to one side, showing the weft-thread as binding the outer and inner warps. Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the weft-thread as woven wholly with the inner warps; and Fig. 4 is a similar view to that shownin Fig. 2, except farther on.

The fabric of which this hose is composed is fully set forth in another pending application of mine filed Augustlr, 1884, and Serial N0.14O,503. the process of weaving it briefly, the invention forming subject-matter of this application being the completed hose as an article of manufacture, and is not limited to the specific manner in which the cotton is woven about the metal strands or strips.

A, as shown in Fig. 1, represents the outer woven layer of cotton. B represents the 'in- DEF-,WOVGD layer of cotton, and 0 represents the metal wires, strips. or strands which run parallel to the warp D, and are interposed Therefore I will simply refer to 15, 1884. (N0 model.)

between the layers A and B, being bound therein by the weft or binding thread E. In practice it is preferable to weave a single weft or filling thread among the warps of the outer and inner layers and also the warps of both in such a manner as to bind them together over the metal strips. In carrying out this principle the weftthread is first passed between the warp of the layer A, then between the shed formed by part of the warps of both the outer and inner layers, thus binding them together, as shown in Fig. 2, then through the shed formed by the warps of the inner layer, as shown in Fig. 3, and finally between the shed formed by part of the warps of each layer as before, as shown in Fig. 4, and so on, the metal strips being simply tied or bound in place. If desired, the weft-thread E may be made to bind the two layers together only after being woven first witheach of the layers. Thus the operations shown in Fig.2 would be omitted, but those in Fig. 4 retained, or vice layers, as A and B, may be woven and bound together with the same filling or weft thread.

There are many ways of weaving or knitting a tubular fabric; hence I do not deem it necessary to further describe the manner of making the tube.

The metallic wires, strips, or strands C may be of any metal; but I prefer them to be formed of flat steel, sufficiently light to be flexible, and it is immaterial to my invention how many of said strips are bound in the hose, for they may be equal in number to the warp of any layer or there may be only one-half as many, the latter being preferable, as it gives sufficient strength and does not make the completed hose too heavy or stiff. WVhen the woven tube is completed. it leaves the loom in the form shown in Fig. 2, and is opened and coated on its inner surface with a layer of rubber, F, or other substance impervious to moisture; and, if desired, the entire hose may be saturated with any substance impervious to moisture, in place of coating interior with a layer, F, as above set forth.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article ofv manufacture, a wovenversa; and it is evident that any number of r ICO binding said. tubes together, longitudinal strengthening strips or strands of metal bound 15 in between said layers or tubes, and the interior of said compound hose coated with a substance impervious to moisture, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto 2c set my hand.

.VVILLIAM L. TETER.

WVitnesses:

R. M. HUNTER, FRANCIS S. BROWN. 

